The era of mediocrity at the National Transport and Safety Authority-NTSA- under George Njao has been wiped out.
Today, Justice Byrum Ongaya of the High Court directed the NTSA to recruit a new director general in line with the law of the land.
The employment and labour court’s Justice Byrum Ongaya issued the orders after a petitioner moved to court seeking orders to block the renewal of George Njao’s contract.
The incompetent George Njao has been the Director General of the National Transport Safety Authority (NTSA) was planning to extend his incompetence for another three years.
“As it is alleged that the interested party’s contract of service has since lapsed, pending the inter-party hearing or further orders by the court, the respondent is at liberty to recruit a qualified person to fill the accruing vacancy in strict compliance with chapter 6 of the constitution of Kenya,” reads court order.
Edwin Oduor Were, the plaintiff in the lawsuit, was requesting that the court compel the NTSA to competitively select qualified applicants for the position of Director General.
“Worse of all the interested party has superintended the authority through deliberate mismanagement and occasioned the deaths of thousands of Kenyas through road carnage which could have been avoided if offered proper leadership and ensured the authority had working systems. The interested party has throughout his tenure as the DG failed the target set for him as the DG to achieve during his tenure yet the board has not bothered to take actions at all and has without shame recommended renewal of his contract as the DG of the authority,” submits the petitioner.
NTSA under George Njao has been a corruption den.
In an investigative report done by BBC Africa, the undercover journalist exposed a syndicate that saw illegitimate drivers acquire licenses without training.
The two undercover journalists, who have not been behind the wheel at any point in their life, managed to get licenses without having to sit the driver’s test as required by law.
Today, President William Ruto has issued Executive Order reverting the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) to Kipchumba Murkomen-led Transport Ministry from the Kithure Kindiki-led Interior.
I honestly believe NTSA has been placed where it belongs.
Uhuru and the handshake regime made the decision to put NTSA in the ministry of Interior so as feed the ego of Matiangi. And its also time to hire qualified professionals to run NTSA too.
Retired Uhuru Kenyatta did not put into consideration that NTSA was a parastatal dealing with matters of transport.
